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You believe a just society ensures everyone has what they need to live with dignity, regardless of what they’ve earned or done.

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Education  ›  Student Loans

Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, and increase government funding so every student receives a free college education

Education  ›  Abolish Department of Education

Should the U.S. Department of Education be abolished?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, federal oversight is necessary to protect civil rights and ensure equality

Education  ›  Universal Free School Meals

Should the federal government provide free breakfast and lunch to all public school students regardless of income?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, hungry kids can't learn and means-testing creates lunch shaming

Education  ›  Free College for All

Should the federal government pay for tuition at four-year colleges and universities?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes

Education  ›  Critical Race Theory in K-12 Education

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, we cannot end racism until we acknowledge that our institutions, laws, and history are inherently racist

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Education  ›  School Book Bans

Should public schools be allowed to remove books from libraries if parents find them inappropriate?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, "protecting children" is often a smokescreen for censoring marginalized voices and erasing history.

Education  ›  Universal Pre-K

Should the federal government fund Universal preschool?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes

Education  ›  School Vouchers

Should the government offer students a voucher that they can use to attend private schools?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, we should focus on improving our public schools instead

Education  ›  Common Core

Do you support Common Core national standards?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, I support a national base standard but allow states and local districts to customize their implementation

Education  ›  Charter Schools

Do you support charter schools?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead

Education  ›  University Debt Accountability

Should colleges be held financially accountable if graduates, with degrees leading to lower income jobs, default on their student loans?

NB>NB  ChatGPTNo, and higher education should be free for everyone

Education  ›  Ban Legacy Admissions

Should universities be prohibited from giving preference to applicants whose parents are alumni?

NB>NB  ChatGPTYes, legacy preference is "affirmative action for the rich" that rigs the system against the working class

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A Moment of Darkness': Washington Post's No-Endorsement Decision Ignites Media Firestorm

Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is neck and neck, The Washington Post has decided not to make a presidential endorsement for the first time in 36 years, the publisher and CEO announced Friday."We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Will Lewis wrote in an opinion piece published on the paper's website. He referenced the paper's policy in the decades prior to 1976, when, following the Watergate scandal that the Post broke, it endorsed Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter. The last time the Post did not endorse a presidential candidate in the general election was 1988, according to a search of its archives.Colleagues learned the news from the editorial page editor, David Shipley, at a tense meeting shortly before Lewis' announcement. The meeting was characterized by someone with direct knowledge of discussions on condition of anonymity to speak about internal matters.Shipley said that he told other editorial board leaders Thursday by management that there would be no endorsement, though he has known for weeks. He added that he "owns" this decision. The reason he cited was to create "independent space" where the newspaper does not tell people for whom to vote.Colleagues were said to be "shocked" and uniformly negative. Post corporate spokespeople have not responded to multiple messages left by NPR on the subject.Former Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during Trump's presidency, denounced the decision starkly."This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty," Baron said in a statement to NPR. "Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners). History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage."A similar decision by Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong led this week to the resignations of the paper's editorials editor and two editorial board members. Soon-Shiong said that he had asked the editorial board to draft a "factual analysis" of Trump and Harris' policies and plans. In her resignation letter, editorials editor Mariel Garza said the decision made the paper look “craven and hypocritical,” given its past reporting and editorials on Trump.

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